Project on regionally-connected infrastructure approved
Project on regionally-connected infrastructure approved

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a project on developing domestic infrastructure in connection with the regional systems.

Project on regionally-connected infrastructure approved
Alstom Foundation to support sustainable mobility project in Vietnam
Alstom Foundation to support sustainable mobility project in Vietnam

Supporting a sustainable mobility project in the southern Vietnamese province of An Giang is among the 2017 global agenda of Alstom Foundation, the body said on February 7.

Alstom Foundation to support sustainable mobility project in Vietnam
BTS green line project to expand construction along Lat Phrao Intersection
BTS green line project to expand construction along Lat Phrao Intersection

The Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Bureau has inspected Lat Phrao Intersection to inspect traffic conditions before expanding the construction zone for the green line BTS. 

BTS green line project to expand construction along Lat Phrao Intersection
Heavy rain damages rice crops in southern Vietnam
Heavy rain damages rice crops in southern Vietnam

Mekong Delta provinces, which just recovered from a historic drought a year ago, is bracing for more unfavorable weather.

Heavy rain damages rice crops in southern Vietnam
Mobile operators at the ready to launch 4G services
Mobile operators at the ready to launch 4G services

Viettel, VinaPhone, and MobiFone are preparing for piloting their 4G services before the official launch in the first quarter of 2017, as ordered by the Minister of Information and Communications.

Mobile operators at the ready to launch 4G services
Health Ministry helps provinces curb lead contamination
Health Ministry helps provinces curb lead contamination

The National Institute of Occupational and Environmental Health under the Health Ministry has conducted a health examination on Vietnamese people who are highly exposed to lead.

Health Ministry helps provinces curb lead contamination
Hanoi suspends online survey on public loudspeakers over alleged sabotage
Hanoi suspends online survey on public loudspeakers over alleged sabotage

The Hanoi information department has put off an online survey asking city-dwellers whether the city’s public loudspeaker system should be removed, saying alleged hackers had manipulated the results.

Hanoi suspends online survey on public loudspeakers over alleged sabotage
HCM City warns against chicken-pox outbreaks
HCM City warns against chicken-pox outbreaks

Doctors in HCM City have warned about the spread of contagious diseases especially chickenpox due to favourable weather conditions and parents’ negligence.

HCM City warns against chicken-pox outbreaks
Prime Minister turns focus on hidden assets
Prime Minister turns focus on hidden assets

The Prime Minister has directed authorities to find the assets of suspects in corruption cases in order to prevent them from being hidden and to help in executing judgments against the accused.

Prime Minister turns focus on hidden assets
Festival promotes Thai Nguyen tea products
Festival promotes Thai Nguyen tea products

The annual Spring Tea Festival was opened in Thai Nguyen City, the northern Thai Nguyen province, on the 12th day of the first lunar month (February 8), drawing crowds of domestic and international visitors.

Festival promotes Thai Nguyen tea products
New safety measures proposed for railways
New safety measures proposed for railways

Installing speed bumps and increasing the number of guards at rail crossings are among measures to reduce the number of railway accidents.

New safety measures proposed for railways
Violating coach operators forced to halt operations
Violating coach operators forced to halt operations

Coach operators who are not following changes in the bus routes as instructed by  Hanoi’s transport authority would be forced to halt operations for a month.

Violating coach operators forced to halt operations
Mega 6/45 creates 3 jackpot winners; Awards US$5.5 million
Mega 6/45 creates 3 jackpot winners; Awards US$5.5 million

VOV.VN - It was another day of ‘winners, winners – everywhere’ on February 8 with the award of US$5.5 million to three jackpot winners of the Mega 6/45 lottery game, according to Vietlott.

Mega 6/45 creates 3 jackpot winners; Awards US$5.5 million
Triple treat: Eclipse, comet, full moon coming Saturday night
Triple treat: Eclipse, comet, full moon coming Saturday night

VOV.VN -This February 11 at 4:40am stargazers in Vietnam are in for a rare celestial treat with three spectacular astronomical events coinciding visibly in the night sky, according to the UK newspaper Mirror.

Triple treat: Eclipse, comet, full moon coming Saturday night
Thua Thien-Hue helps needy households escape poverty
Thua Thien-Hue helps needy households escape poverty

The central province of ThuaThien – Hue has so far supported 14,000 needy households in accessing preferential loans from the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies (VBSP) in 2017.

Thua Thien-Hue helps needy households escape poverty
HCM City builds flyovers to deal with traffic congestion
HCM City builds flyovers to deal with traffic congestion

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport on February 8 launched construction for two flyovers with combined investment of VND746 billion (US$33 million) at two traffic congestion hotspots, one of which connects with Tan Son Nhat International Airport.

HCM City builds flyovers to deal with traffic congestion
Japanese men prosecuted for gold smuggling
Japanese men prosecuted for gold smuggling

The Hanoi People’s Procuracy has completed the indictment prosecuting two Japanese men for smuggling seven golden statues through the Noi Bai International Airport.

Japanese men prosecuted for gold smuggling
Vietnam Poetry Day to open in Hanoi
Vietnam Poetry Day to open in Hanoi

The 15th Vietnam Poetry Day will take place in Hanoi on the 15th day of the first lunar month, which falls on February 11 this year, according to Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Literature Association Nguyen Quang Thieu.

Vietnam Poetry Day to open in Hanoi
Giant hematoma removed from two-day-old baby
Giant hematoma removed from two-day-old baby

Doctors of HCM City-based Paediatrics Hospital No.1 successfully saved the life of a two-day-old infant by removing a giant hematoma from his body.

Giant hematoma removed from two-day-old baby
Hanoi trees have bark peeled off by locals desperate for cancer cure
Hanoi trees have bark peeled off by locals desperate for cancer cure

Vandals often acted during the night, attacking old trees that many believe may have medicinal properties.

Hanoi trees have bark peeled off by locals desperate for cancer cure
Dry season irrigation planned
Dry season irrigation planned

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has asked 38 cities and provinces nationwide to promptly revise the operation of reservoirs to ensure water sources for low-lying areas in this dry season.

Dry season irrigation planned
Khanh Hoa presents Tet newspapers to Truong Sa soldiers
Khanh Hoa presents Tet newspapers to Truong Sa soldiers

The Khanh Hoa Spring Newspapers Festival 2017 closed at the provincial Cultural Centre on February 7.

Khanh Hoa presents Tet newspapers to Truong Sa soldiers
Wolbachia-carrying mosquitoes to be released to curb dengue in Nha Trang
Wolbachia-carrying mosquitoes to be released to curb dengue in Nha Trang

The Vietnamese Ministry of Heath has given the go-ahead for a plan to release over one million mosquitoes carrying the bacterium Wolbachia in Nha Trang City to establish a stable population of the dengue-neutralizing insects.

Wolbachia-carrying mosquitoes to be released to curb dengue in Nha Trang
13 localities to have telephone area codes changed from February 11
13 localities to have telephone area codes changed from February 11

Thirteen cities and provinces nationwide are slated to have their area codes for landline numbers changed to a three-digit number from February 11.

13 localities to have telephone area codes changed from February 11
Top universities in Vietnam announced
Top universities in Vietnam announced

The leading universities in Vietnam were recently announced via the Webometrics Ranking of World University by a Spanish public research body.

Top universities in Vietnam announced
Thanh Hoa arrests alleged smuggler
Thanh Hoa arrests alleged smuggler

Police in Sam Son town, the central province of Thanh Hoa, have arrested Vu Dinh Bien for allegedly smuggling 13 local workers into China.

Thanh Hoa arrests alleged smuggler
US veterans visit Vietnam
US veterans visit Vietnam

A delegation from the Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA) led by Marsha Lynn Four, Vice President of the VVA, visited Vietnam.

US veterans visit Vietnam
Vietnam plans to digitize healthcare cards
Vietnam plans to digitize healthcare cards

Vietnam plans to issue electronic health security cards to its citizens verifying their right to medical services, the Government Office has said.

Vietnam plans to digitize healthcare cards
Hanoi man proposes developing mobile app to battle Saigon littering
Hanoi man proposes developing mobile app to battle Saigon littering

A Hanoi resident has recommended using a mobile application to deal with public littering in Ho Chi Minh City, a vexing problem that has yet to be solved by local authorities.

Hanoi man proposes developing mobile app to battle Saigon littering
Poor people encouraged to join health insurance
Poor people encouraged to join health insurance

 Roughly 17 million or more than 18 percent of Vietnam’s population had not entered the health insurance programme by the end of 2016. Most are labourers, poor people and students, the Vietnam Social Insurance (VNSI) has said.

Poor people encouraged to join health insurance